Wood figurine

Museum number:
9-14632a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2274 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Strips, lacquer: (a) long thin rod, oval in cross section, wood base, with lacquer decoration: half of length divided into sections on each side (opposite) of equal lengths with floral motif; other half of dragon motif in red, yellow, green, white and black painted lacquer. (b) short thin, wide strip, oval in section with floral and other motifs in same colors, with ivory inlay. (c) short narrow cylinder similarly decorated with floral motif.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Figurines
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wood figurine, accession number 9-14632a-c, described as Strips, lacquer: (a) long thin rod, oval in cross section, wood base, with lacquer decoration: half of length divided into sections on each side (opposite) of equal lengths with floral motif; other half of dragon motif in red, yellow, green, white and black painted lacquer. (b) short thin, wide strip, oval in section with floral and other motifs in same colors, with ivory inlay. (c) short narrow cylinder similarly decorated with floral motif.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wood figurine, accession number 9-14632a-c, described as Strips, lacquer: (a) long thin rod, oval in cross section, wood base, with lacquer decoration: half of length divided into sections on each side (opposite) of equal lengths with floral motif; other half of dragon motif in red, yellow, green, white and black painted lacquer. (b) short thin, wide strip, oval in section with floral and other motifs in same colors, with ivory inlay. (c) short narrow cylinder similarly decorated with floral motif.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood figurine, accession number 9-14632a-c, described as Strips, lacquer: (a) long thin rod, oval in cross section, wood base, with lacquer decoration: half of length divided into sections on each side (opposite) of equal lengths with floral motif; other half of dragon motif in red, yellow, green, white and black painted lacquer. (b) short thin, wide strip, oval in section with floral and other motifs in same colors, with ivory inlay. (c) short narrow cylinder similarly decorated with floral motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood figurine, accession number 9-14632a-c, described as Strips, lacquer: (a) long thin rod, oval in cross section, wood base, with lacquer decoration: half of length divided into sections on each side (opposite) of equal lengths with floral motif; other half of dragon motif in red, yellow, green, white and black painted lacquer. (b) short thin, wide strip, oval in section with floral and other motifs in same colors, with ivory inlay. (c) short narrow cylinder similarly decorated with floral motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood figurine, accession number 9-14632a-c, described as Strips, lacquer: (a) long thin rod, oval in cross section, wood base, with lacquer decoration: half of length divided into sections on each side (opposite) of equal lengths with floral motif; other half of dragon motif in red, yellow, green, white and black painted lacquer. (b) short thin, wide strip, oval in section with floral and other motifs in same colors, with ivory inlay. (c) short narrow cylinder similarly decorated with floral motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood figurine, accession number 9-14632a-c, described as Strips, lacquer: (a) long thin rod, oval in cross section, wood base, with lacquer decoration: half of length divided into sections on each side (opposite) of equal lengths with floral motif; other half of dragon motif in red, yellow, green, white and black painted lacquer. (b) short thin, wide strip, oval in section with floral and other motifs in same colors, with ivory inlay. (c) short narrow cylinder similarly decorated with floral motif.

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